Eugene B. Kogan is Research Director of Harvard University’s American Secretaries of State Project, which aims to crystallize diplomatic leadership lessons from 50 years of diplomacy by U.S. Secretaries of State from William Rogers (1968) to Rex Tillerson (2018).  An expert in coercive negotiations and power dynamics, Dr. Kogan teaches “Using Power Effectively: A Toolkit for Leaders” at Harvard’s Professional Development Programs.  His Brandeis University Ph.D. thesis on nuclear negotiations won the Howard Raiffa Award for the best doctoral paper on negotiation from Harvard Law School's Program on Negotiation.  Dr. Kogan's latest publication is an article, “Art of the Power Deal: Four Negotiation Roles of Donald J. Trump,” in Negotiation Journal, published by Harvard Law School.  Dr. Kogan regularly trains business, public policy and military leaders at Harvard Professional Development Programs, Harvard Kennedy School Executive Education, Brandeis, Sciences Po, Vienna’s Executive Academy and Salzburg Business School.     

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